grdPolicyChangesNotes.AutoGenerateColumns = false; grdPolicyChangesNotes.DataSource = dsData; grdPolicyChangesNotes.DataMember = "PolicyNotes"; DataGridViewTextBoxColumn colDateEntered = new DataGridViewTextBoxColumn(); colDateEntered.HeaderText = "Date Entered"; colDateEntered.DataPropertyName = "Entered_dt"; grdPolicyChangesNotes.Columns.Add(colDateEntered); DataGridViewTextBoxColumn colEffDate = new DataGridViewTextBoxColumn(); colEffDate.HeaderText = "Eff. Date"; colEffDate.DataPropertyName = "edate"; grdPolicyChangesNotes.Columns.Add(colEffDate); DataGridViewTextBoxColumn colUser = new DataGridViewTextBoxColumn(); colUser.HeaderText = "User"; colUser.DataPropertyName = "entered_by"; grdPolicyChangesNotes.Columns.Add(colUser);As you can see I added 3 columns, two columns are bind to data of datetime type and the 3rd to string type.